A display device has a screen, a housing, a mirror, and a projector. The housing extending away from one side of the screen and has an opening. The mirror is disposed within the housing. The projector is moveable relative to the housing to selectively engage the opening for projection at the mirror and to extend away from a second side of the screen for projection onto a surface.
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1. A display device, comprising: a screen configured to receive a projected image on a first side and transmit the image through to its other side; a housing having an opening and extending away from the first side of the screen; a mirror disposed within the housing; and an image projector moveable relative to the housing to selectively engage the opening for projection at the mirror and to extend away from a second side of the screen for projection onto a surface.
2. The display device of claim 1 further including a base to which the screen is mounted.
3. The display device of claim 2 wherein the screen is pivotable on the base.
4. The display device of claim 2 wherein the screen is detachable from the base.
5. The display device of claim 1 further including a base to which the projector is mounted.
6. The display device of claim 1 wherein the mirror is angled to reflect light from the image projector onto the screen.
7. The display device of claim 1 wherein the image projector is further configured to be moveable relative to the housing to selectively engage the opening for projection through the opening at the mirror.
8. The display device of claim 1 wherein the image projector includes a lens adjustable to focus selectively on the screen and the surface.
9. The display device of claim 1 wherein the image projector is vertically pivotable.
10. A display device for projecting an image alternatively onto a remote surface and a rear projection screen, the display device comprising: a base; a rear projection screen configured to receive a projected image on a first side and transmit the image through to its other side mounted on the base; a housing extending rearward of the rear projection screen, the housing having an opening formed therein; an image projector mounted on the base; means for selectively engaging the image projector with the opening for projection through the opening at the mirror and extending the image projector forward of the rear projection screen for projection onto the remote surface; and means for reflecting light emitted into the housing from the image projector onto the rear projection screen.
11. The display device of claim 10 wherein the means selectively exposing the image projector engaging the image projector within the opening include means for pivoting the rear projection screen and the housing on the base.
12. The display device of claim 10 wherein the means selectively exposing the image projector and engaging the image projector within the opening include means for removing the rear projection screen and the housing from the base.
13. The display device of claim 10 wherein the rear projection screen is detachable from the housing.
14. The display device of claim 10 further including means for focusing light emitted from the image projector selectively on the rear projection screen and the remote surface.
15. The display device of claim 10 further including means for adjusting an aspect ratio of the image projector between 4:3 and 16:9.
16. The display device of claim 10 further including means for vertically pivoting the image projector.
17. A display device, comprising: a screen configured to receive a projected image on a first side and transmit the image through to its other side; a housing having an opening and attached to the screen with the housing and the screen movable between a first position and a second position; and an image projector to engage the opening for projection to the screen with the housing and the screen in the first position and to disengage from the opening for projection onto a remote surface with the housing and the screen in the second position.
18. The display device of claim 17 further including a mirror configured to reflect light from the image projector onto the screen.
19. The display device of claim 17 further including a base to which the screen and housing are pivotally mounted.
20. The display device of claim 17 further including a base upon which the screen and housing are detachably mounted.
21. The display device of claim 17 wherein the image projector is moveable to engage the opening and to disengage from the opening.
22. The display device of claim 17 wherein the image projector includes a lens adjustable to focus selectively on the screen and the remote surface.
23. The display device of claim 17 wherein the image projector is vertically pivotable.
24. A display device, comprising: a screen configured to receive a projected image on a first side and transmit the image through to its other side; a housing having an opening and attached to the screen with the housing and the screen movable between a first position and a second position; means for moving the screen between the first position and the second position; an image projector to engage the opening for projection to the screen with the housing and the screen in the first position and to disengage from the opening for projection onto a remote surface with the housing and the screen in the second position; and means for engaging and disengaging the image projector from the opening.
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October 21, 2004
October 14, 2008
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